The agenda for this month’s Annual Business Meeting (ABM) of The IFAB has been confirmed, as well as the representatives confirmed to take part in two new advisory panels that will meet just prior to the ABM at the Europa Hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 24 and 25 November. Established to support The IFAB with greater expertise before decisions are passed, the Football Advisory Panel and the Technical Advisory Panel will meet twice a year to discuss topical matters related to the Laws of the Game and present their findings and recommendations to The IFAB. The roles of the panels are further explained in the new statutes, which were approved at The IFAB foundation meeting on 13 January 2014. In terms of participants for the upcoming meetings, The IFAB has signed off on proposals from the six confederations while also selecting additional experts for the panels. They include stakeholders from across the world of football, including former players, coaches and referees as well as confederation, association and league representatives and FIFPro. In general, the representatives will serve on the panels for a period of two years.
Those confirmed
to take part in the upcoming advisory panel meetings are listed below. Both
panel meetings will be chaired by Patrick Nelson, Chief Executive of the Irish
FA.
Football
Advisory Panel
Anthony Baffoe
(Ghana), Gijs de Jong (Netherlands, KNVB), Shaka Hislop (Trinidad &
Tobago), Christian Karembeu (New Caledonia), Ioan Lupescu (Romania), Hidetoshi
Nakata (Japan), Wynton Rufer (New Zealand), Richard Jobson (England, FIFPro),
Andreas Rettig (Germany, DFL).
Technical
Advisory Panel
Neale Barry (The
FA), Jean-Paul Brigger (FIFA), Massimo Busacca (FIFA), William Campbell (Irish
FA), Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius), Pierluigi Collina (UEFA Head of Refereeing),
Sonia Denoncourt (CONCACAF Head of Refereeing), David Elleray (England), Ray
Ellingham (Wales FA), John Fleming (Scottish FA), Mark Hester (OFC Head of
Refereeing), Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay, FIFA Referees Committee), Yoshimi Ogawa
(AFC Head of Refereeing), Manoel Serapião (Brazil).
Source: FIFA/IFAB
Source: FIFA/IFAB
